Issues

Mas issue events designing venues 01

Designing Venues

Iker Gil interviews Doug Garofalo
Mas issue information intuitive design 01

Intuitive Design

Andrew Clark and Iker Gil interview Naoto Fukasawa on the occasion of his lecture and exhibition in Chicago hosted by Luminaire

Surveillance by Designers

We asked a few great Chicago designers to give us their view of surveillance
Mas issue debate design and violence 01

Design and Violence

Zoë Ryan interviews Paola Antonelli
Mas issue debate designer as degenerate 05

Designer As Degenerate

Jessica Barrett Sattell interviews Dgenerator
Mas issue bilbao a bastion of design 01

A Bastion of Design

Project by Cini Boeri Architetti
Mas issue ordinary design inside our daily lives 01

Design Inside Our Daily Lives

Essay by Regina Pozo
Mas issue debate identifying the designer as worker 01

Identifying the Designer as Worker

Essay by Peggy Deamer, Quilian Riano, and Manuel Shvartzberg on behalf of The Architecture Lobby
Mas issue visibility revealing the secrets behind the designs cover

Revealing the Secrets Behind the Designs

Diagrams by Salottobuono

Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design

Introduction by Kathryn Clarke Albright
Mas issue ordinary designing for other things to happen 08

Designing for Other Things to Happen

Essay by Rojkind Arquitectos
Mas issue visibility visualizing urban hidrology 01

Visualizing Urban Hidrology: The Design of a Wet Surface

Essay by Carolina González Vives
Mas issue university works parsons studio 01

Parsons, the New School of Design, School of Constructed Environments

Introduction by Brian McGrath

University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Design, Architecture, and Built Environment

Introduction by David Burns
Mas issue university works daniels studio 01

University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

Introduction by An Te Liu
Mas issue repetition repetition as the crystallization of a design method 01

On the Search for Spatial Patterns: Repetition as the Crystallization of a Design Method

Essay by Clara Olóriz Sanjuán
Mas issue bold late entry to the chicago public library competition 01

Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition

Project by Design With Company
Mas issue bold making architecture that heals 01

Making Architecture That Heals

Project by 3D Design Studio
Mas issue hidden cover opening

Hidden

Issue 28
Mas issue bold cut fill 01

Cut/Fill

Project by Central Standard Office of Design

Bold

Issue 29
Mas issue bilbao cover opening

Bilbao

Issue 30-31
Mas issue debate cover opening

Debate

Issue 27
Mas issue character why we got into character thumbnail

Why We Got Into Character

Essay by Design With Company
Mas issue ownership cover opening

Ownership

Issue 13
Mas issue network cover opening

Network

Issue 9
Mas issue network power of networks 01

Power of Networks

Essay by Paddy Harrington, creative director for Bruce Mau Design
Mas issue character character and composition a response thumbnail

Character and Composition, A Response

Text and project by Design With Company
Mas issue communication cover opening

Communication

Issue 14
Mas issue amusement comic book movies cover

Comic Book Movies

Infographics by Paul Butt | Section Design
Mas issue events cover opening

Events

Issue 2
Mas issue public superirresponsible 01

Superirresponsible

Designer Andrew Clark visualizes the SUPERFUND program
Mas issue visibility cover opening

Visibility

Issue 15
Mas issue events cdf 2011 17

CDF 2011 proposal

Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
Mas issue production chicago production software to produce 01

Chicago Production: Software to Produce

Rod Hunting interviews Jason Fried, founder and CEO of 37signals
Mas issue communication sound life 01

A Sound Life

Iker Gil interviews movie sound designer Oriol Tarragó
Mas issue ownership birdhouses feeders 01

Birdhouses/Feeders

Urban interventions by street artist and designer XAM
Mas issue character cover opening

Character

Issue 32
Mas issue conflict cover opening

Conflict

Issue 10
Mas issue trace cover opening

Trace

Issue 19
Mas issue boundary cover opening

Boundary

Issue 17
Mas issue production cover opening

Production

Issue 16
Mas issue amusement cover opening

Amusement

Issue 6
Mas issue living ufo houses 01

Case Study #3: The UFO Houses

Project based on a design by Matti Suuronen
Mas issue conflict downtowns will to form 01

Downtown’s Will to Form

Essay by architect and urban designer Alex Lehnerer
Mas issue surveillance intelligence artifacts 01

Intelligence Artifacts: A Selection of Objects from the CIA’s Museum

Selection of several artifacts that were designed and used for intelligence operations during the twentieth century
Mas issue public open manifesto 01

Open Manifesto for Mass Creation

Architect Lick Fai Eric Ho proposes a new way of approaching design
Mas issue information lines of reading 05

Lines of Reading

Artwork by Jack Henrie Fisher, graphic designer and design research at Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, The Netherlands
Mas issue speed farmland world 09

Farmland World

Project by Stewart Hicks and Allison Newmeyer from Design With Company with Katharine Bayer and Hugh Swiatek
Mas issue energy cover opening

Energy

Issue 5
Mas issue surveillance cover opening

Surveillance

Issue 22
Mas issue improbable cover opening

Improbable

Issue 18
Mas issue more cover opening

More

Issue 1
Mas issue living cover opening

Living

Issue 4
Mas issue speed cover opening

Speed

Issue 11
Mas issue work work review 01

Work Review

Designer Andrew Clark visualizes the complex system of Work
Mas issue university works cover opening

University Works

Issue 0
Mas issue communication talking to myself 05

Talking to Myself

Visual essay by Rick Valicenti, founder and design director of Thirst/Chicago
Mas issue tokyo cover opening

Tokyo

Issue 24
Mas issue ownership invention and tradition 01

Invention and Tradition

Essay by Denise Scott Brown, architect, planner, urban designer: principal of Venturi Scott Brown and Associates, and theorist, writer and educator
Mas issue amusement delivering an emotion 01

Delivering an Emotion

Designer Andrew Clark interviews Jenova Chen, co-founder and creative director of thatgamecompany
Mas issue work cover opening

Work

Issue 3
Mas issue communication getting graphic 01

Getting Graphic

Stephen Killion interviews Craighton Berman
Mas issue communication making policy public 15

Making Policy Public

Projects by the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization that uses design and art to improve civic engagement
Mas issue aberration cover opening

Aberration

Issue 12
Mas issue legacy cover opening

Legacy

Issue 26-25
Mas issue network a village by the sez 01

A Village by the SEZ: The Dafen Sample of China’s Urbanization

Essay by designer, editor, and critic Jiang Jun, with photography by Yu Haibo
Mas issue vigilantism cover opening

Vigilantism

Issue 33
Mas issue narrative cover opening

Narrative

Issue 20
Mas issue speed talk to your city 01

Talk to Your City

Project by Candy Chang, co-founder of Civic Center, a civic design studio in New Orleans
Mas issue communication notable realities 01

Notable Realities: Balancing from World to World

Essay by Michael Hirschbichler, principal of Atelier Hirschbichler
Mas issue amusement game seeds 07

Game Seeds

Liselore Goedhart illustrates Game Seeds, a set of little spirits that you can play with and combine to bring new characters and game ideas to life
Mas issue conflict build simply 01

Build Simply: South of the Border

Essay by architects Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner from Urban-Think Tank with research assistant Daniel Schwartz from ETH
Mas issue character playing with paint and space 01

Playing With Paint and Space

Adrian Shaughnessy interviews Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
Mas issue legacy never loved buildings rarely stand a chance 04

Never-Loved Buildings Rarely Stand a Chance: Josep Lluís Sert in Cambridge

Essay by Alexandra Lange with photographs by Lee Dykxhoorn
Mas issue trace tracing wright 01

Tracing Wright

A conversation between Richard Wright, Zoë Ryan, and Iker Gil
Mas issue legacy all history is contemporary history 07

All History is Contemporary History

Iker Gil interviews Adrian Shaughnessy
Mas issue vigilantism architecture in the age of super heroes thumbnail

Architecture in the Age of (Super) Heroes

Essay by Galo Canizares
Mas issue legacy the short life and long history of the pagoda 01

The Short Life and Long History of The Pagoda

Essay by Carlos Copertone and Patxi Eguiluz
Mas issue character the space of representations thumbnail

The Space of Representations

Stewart Hicks interviews Sam Jacob
Mas issue more jason more cover

Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
Mas issue repetition cover opening

Repetition

Issue 21
Mas issue public cover opening

Public

Issue 8
Mas issue network the supurban project 01

The Supurban Project

Project by Nick Axel
Mas issue network through the lens of food 01

Through the Lens of Food

Iker Gil interviews Sarah Rich and Nicola Twilley
Mas issue communication tokyoites cover

Tokyoites

An observation on Tokyo’s citizens and their surroundings by Luis Mendo
Mas issue character looking to introduce something inconvenient 01

Looking to Introduce Something Inconvenient

Stewart Hicks interviews Jimenez Lai
Mas issue repetition concealed carry repeat 01

Concealed Carry, Repeat

Text, photograph, and pattern by James Goggin
Mas issue work workplace 03

Workplace

Essay by Liz Potokar
Mas issue network reset 01

Network Reset

Network Reset competition organized by MAS Studio and the Chicago Architectural Club
Mas issue public white house cover

White House 2.0

Text and project by Arielle Assouline-Lichten & Wayne Congar of the think-tank lab/RAD
Mas issue more more marina 01

More Marina

Essay by Andrew Dribin
Mas observations 2019 a career in five projects 48

In Front of the Sea

Architect Eduard Bru explores some of the cities that have addressed the powerful edge of the waterfront

Architecture and the City: Berlin, Tempelhof

Project by Ted Brown
Mas issue events bauhaus 2009 05

Bauhaus 2009

Red Mike interviews Marcus Max Schreiner
Mas issue energy material energies 01

Material Energies

Julia Sedlock interviews Sean Lally
Mas issue production vertical urban factory 01

Vertical Urban Factory

Essay by architectural critic, curator and educator Nina Rappaport
Mas issue bilbao city and nature 01

Setting Up New Relationships Between City and Nature

Iker Gil interviews Diana Balmori
Mas issue events embt goes east 01

EMBT Goes East

Mateu Baylina and Xavi Ayala interview Benedetta Tagliabue
Mas issue vigilantism the open letter and the spreadsheet thumbnail

The Open Letter and the Spreadsheet

Conversation between Laida Aguirre, Gary Riichirō Fox, Jia Yi Gu, and Cyrus Peñarroyo
Mas issue aberration f ck your tectonics 01

F*ck Your Tectonics

Profile and interview with NYC’S Formlessfinder by John Szot
Mas issue aberration immanent cartography 01

Immanent Cartography

Essay and photographs by Nick Axel
Mas issue amusement audience as participants 01

Audience as Participants

Architect Iker Gil interviews Matt Clark, co-founder and creative director of United Visual Artists
Mas issue events in good we trust 01

In Good We Trust

John Hickenlooper and Bruce Mau present the Denver Biennial of the Americas
Mas issue work isolated building studies 14

Isolated Building Studies

Photo essay by David Schalliol
Mas issue aberration something exceptional 01

Something Exceptional

Projects by Luis Urculo
Mas issue aberration architecture without idealism 05

Architecture Without Idealism (Of A Sort)

Essay and project by John Szot
Mas issue bilbao 20th century architecture 01

20th Century Architecture: Through the Lenses of Seven Projects

Text and selection by García de la Torre Arquitectos with illustrations by Meneo
Mas issue hidden seeing triborough 12

Seeing Triborough

Visual essay by Sam Holleran
Mas issue public narrow streets los angeles 04

Narrow Streets Los Angeles

Photographer David Yoon narrows existing streets of Los Angeles to see the effects on the city
Mas issue amusement empty amusement 01

Empty Amusement

Photography by Yosigo
Mas issue repetition 10 rorschach images 01

10 Rorschach Images

Project by Ana Miljacki, Lee Moreau, and Sarah Hirschman
Mas issue ownership cooperative dream 01

Cooperative Dream

Iker Gil interviews Jeanne Gang
Mas issue repetition one architect three approaches 01

One Architect, Three Approaches: Bertrand Goldberg’s Early Experiments with Prefabrication, 1937-1952

Essay by Michelle Benoit
Mas issue visibility the disappearing architect 02

The Disappearing Architect: Four Moves Towards Invisibility

Text by Ya´el Santopinto and Jonathan Wong
Mas issue repetition we print because we can 01

We Print Because We Can

Essay by Patrick Sykes
Mas issue production chicago production producer as consumer 01

Chicago Production: Producer as Consumer

Iker Gil interviews Jake Nickell, founder and Chief Community Officer of Threadless
Mas issue ordinary can architecture be ordinary 03

Can Architecture Be Ordinary?

Essay by Deborah Fausch
Mas issue repetition original copies 03

Original Copies: Inside China’s Imitation Binge

Text and photographs by Bianca Bosker
Mas issue debate room at the top 05

Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas issue bilbao building the symbol of a remarkable transformation 01

Building the Symbol of a Remarkable Transformation

Iker Gil interviews John Zils
Mas issue repetition building repetition through history 01

Building Repetition Through History: Motivations And Implications

Essay by José García Soriano and Carmen López Albert
Mas issue repetition claude are you dreaming 01

Claude, Are you Dreaming, or is this Really Happening?

Iker Gil interviews astronaut Claude Nicollier
Mas issue repetition an obituary for the greek city of repetition 01

An Obituary for the Greek City of Repetition

Essay by Panos Dragonas
Mas issue repetition harlem time tracker 01

Harlem Time Tracker

Text and photographs by Camilo José Vergara
Mas issue narrative cover opening

Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 01

Bilbao’s Strategic Evolution: The Metamorphosis of the Industrial City

Essay by Ibon Areso

Events

Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 01

JNL graphic design studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2022 conor o shea 02

Conor O’Shea: Designing Urban Biodiversity

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2023 stone wall stand in proposal

Design with Company: Stone Wall Stand In

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2020 concentrico 01

Concentrico: Rethinking Our Built Environment Through Design

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2022 ecosistema urbano 01

Ecosistema Urbano: Designing Atmospheres for Social Interaction

MAS Context Spring Talks 2022
Mas event 2012 corkins exchange 01

Corkins Exchange 2012

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2016 a lot you got to holler 01

A Lot You Got to Holler

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas issue character growing up modern a family story 18

Living Modern: Surveying Influential Houses and their Inhabitants

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 medium matters 01

Medium Matters: Architectural Representation After Construction

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2014 dawn hancock 01

Dawn Hancock: Top 10 List of Shit I Have Done to Create a Life I Love

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2021 a renewed experimentalism 01

A Renewed Experimentalism: Exploring Late Modernism

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 08

Engineering Ecosystems: The Mississippi River Watershed and its Infrastructure

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 spaces with stories 02

Spaces With Stories

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2016 analog identity 01

Analog 2016

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 01

Suburbia Gone Wild

MAS Context Spring Talks 2013
Mas event 2011 analog jason pickleman 01

Analog 2011: Jason Pickleman

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog karen semone 01

Analog 2011: Karen Semone

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue communication getting graphic 07

Analog 2011: Craighton Berman

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog rick valicenti 01

Analog 2011: Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog jeremiah chiu 01

Analog 2011: Jeremiah Chiu

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2017 analog 01

Analog 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2011 analog cheryl towler weese 01

Analog 2011: Cheryl Towler Weese

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 01

Chatter: Architecture Talks Back

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2019 tobias armborst 01

Tobias Armborst: The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion

MAS Context Spring Talks 2019
Mas event 2011 analog odl 01

Analog 2011: Lisa Smith and Caroline Linder

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2015 pitchfork 01

Pitchfork studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch bilbao 01

Bilbao issue launch in Bilbao

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 analog martin kastner 01

Analog 2016: Martin Kastner

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog lucas daniel 01

Analog 2016: Lucas Daniel

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 analog alisa wolfson 01

Analog 2017: Alisa Wolfson

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 analog alisa wolfson 01

Analog 2016: Alisa Wolfson

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 analog marcia lausen 01

Analog 2017: Marcia Lausen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 analog rick valicenti 01

Analog 2016: Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 analog charles adler 02

Analog 2017: Charles Adler

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog john pobojewski 01

Analog 2017: John Pobojewski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2022 the area 03

The Area panel discussion

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2019 clive wilkinson 01

Clive Wilkinson: The Theatre of Work

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2017 analog parsons charlesworth 01

Analog 2017: Parsons & Charlesworth

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2012 analog andrew clark 01

Analog 2012: Andrew Clark

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2011 analog cover

Analog 2011

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2012 analog john pobojewski 01

Analog 2012: John Pobojewski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog david rueter 01

Analog 2012: David Rueter

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog david sieren sam rosen 01

Analog 2012: David Sieren and Sam Rosen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2015 mas context los angeles bmd 01

MAS Context x Los Angeles x BMD

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2014 luftwerk marina city 01

MAS Context x Luftwerk x Marina City

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2020 walter netsch at 100 01

Walter Netsch at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2020
Mas event 2021 vigilantism issue launch 01

Vigilantism issue launch

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2018 envisioning new spatial organizations 01

Envisioning New Spatial Organizations

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2012 analog 01

Analog 2012

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2016 couplings 11

Couplings 2016

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 sense and sensibility 01

Sensing and Sensibility: Politics and Technology in the Contemporary City

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2017 mass market alternatives 01

Mass Market Alternatives

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas issue work isolated building studies 08

Analog 2011: David Schalliol

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog lee bey 01

Analog 2011: Lee Bey

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue visibility visualizing urban hidrology 06

Analog 2011: Sarah Dunn

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog jessica rodrigue 01

Analog 2011: Jessica Rodrigue

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog cody hudson 01

Analog 2011: Cody Hudson

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue aberration architecture without idealism 13

Analog 2011: John Szot

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 05

Harry Seidler at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2011 analog port 01

Analog 2011: Andrew Moddrell and Christopher Marcinkoski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue speed farmland world 01

Analog 2011: Stewart Hicks and Allison Newmeyer

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog strawn sierralta 01

Analog 2011: Brian Strawn and Karla Sierralta

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2023 victor lundy at 100 02

Victor Lundy at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2018 geometry of light fundraiser cover

Geometry of Light fundraiser

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2016 analog klaus 01

Analog 2016: Klaus

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 analog molly meyer 01

Analog 2017: Molly Meyer

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 analog jeanne gang 01

Analog 2016: Jeanne Gang

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog zoe ryan 01

Analog 2016: Zoë Ryan

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog jose esparza 01

Analog 2016: José Esparza

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 02

Analog 2016: Noritaka Minami

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog thomas kelley 01

Analog 2016: Thomas Kelley

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 analog micah stanley 01

Analog 2017: Micah Stanley

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog stewart hicks 01

Analog 2017: Stewart Hicks

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog sean lally 01

Analog 2017: Sean Lally

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2018 can we not open our eyes to our own treasures 01

Can we not open our eyes to our own treasures?

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2016 analog tricia van eck 01

Analog 2016: Tricia Van Eck

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 analog judith de jong 01

Analog 2017: Judith de Jong

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog elizabeth blasius 01

Analog 2017: Elizabeth Blasius

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog aaron rodgers angee lennard 01

Analog 2017: Aaron Rodgers & Angee Lennard

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2014 our public space poster 02

Our Public Space: Who Owns It, Who Shapes It, and Who Benefits From It

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2021 architectures social ecological political agency 01

Architecture’s Social, Ecological, and Political Agency

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2016 analog future firm 01

Analog 2016: Future Firm

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2012 analog sam vinz 01

Analog 2012: Sam Vinz

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog marc fisher 01

Analog 2012: Marc Fisher

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog jimenez lai 01

Analog 2012: Jimenez Lai

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas issue boundary challenging the physical and disciplinary boundaries 02

Analog 2012: Sean Lally

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog dieter roelstraete 01

Analog 2012: Dieter Roelstraete

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2015 luftwerk solarise 01

Luftwerk: solarise

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas issue public is there a future for the recent past in new orleans 08

Charles Colbert at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2017 john szot 01

John Szot: Mass Market Alternatives

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2021 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2021

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 future landmarks 01

Future Landmarks: Strategies for Cultural and Architectural Preservation

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2017 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2022 chicago tribune competition at 100 01

Chicago Tribune Tower Competition at 100

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2021 natalie de blois 01

Natalie de Blois at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2014 alison fisher 01

Alison Fisher: The Contextual Megastructure

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2015 michel rojkind 01

Michel Rojkind: Recent Work

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2020 building subjects 01

Building Subjects: Ideas on Housing from Chinese Vernacular Architecture

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2018 agency 01

AGENCY: Undercurrents

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 alexandra lange 07

Alexandra Lange: Preserving Childhood

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas issue aberration cover

Aberration: Live in Los Angeles

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2022 shaping our built environment 01

Shaping Our Built Environment: Documenting, Analyzing, and Celebrating Women’s Contributions to the Built Environment in Spain and Illinois

MAS Context Spring Talks 2022
Mas issue character character and composition a response 01

Characters in the Theater of Everyday Life

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 starship chicago cover

Starship Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2018 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2018

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2016 christopher marcinkoski 02

Christopher Marcinkoski: Speculative Urbanization and The City That Never Was

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2023 couplings thumbnail

Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2020 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2020

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2015 josep lluis sert 01

Josep Lluís Sert / A Nomadic Dream

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas issue living nakagin capsule tower 03

The Aesthetic of Transience

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 05

Nakagin Capsule Tower: Japanese Metabolist Landmark on the Edge of Destruction

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 01

Marita Gomis: La Ricarda

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2021 helmut jahn 01

Helmut Jahn: In a Flash

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2022 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2019 joshua g stein paulette singley 01

Joshua G. Stein and Paulette Singley

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch chicago 10

Bilbao issue launch in Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 unfinished spaces 01

Unfinished Spaces

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 kelly bair 01

Kelly Bair: Tight Fade

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 thomas kelley nk 10

Thomas Kelley: NK

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2016 new aging 01

New Aging with Matthias Hollwich and Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2019 geometry of light farnsworth house 01

Geometry of Light: Farnsworth House

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2016 photography and place

Photography and Place

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2019 geometry of light barcelona pavilion 01

Geometry of Light: Barcelona Pavilion

MAS Context Spring Talks 2019
Mas event 2018 jason reblando 01

Jason Reblando: New Deal Utopias

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 darren bradley 01

Darren Bradley: Canberra’s Modernist Soul

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2015 nina rappaport vertical urban factory 01

Nina Rappaport: Vertical Urban Factory

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2023 periphery 01

Periphery

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2017 20th anniversary guggenheim som 02

Celebrating 20 years of the Guggenheim Bilbao

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas events 2021 modernism as character nathan eddy 01

Modernism as Character: Nathan Eddy

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas events 2011 out of context 01

Out of Context

MAS Context Spring Talks 2011
Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Urban Flows of Global Metropolises / Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 01

Domestic Explorations: Ardmore House + Columbus House 1

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2022 leandro valencia locsin 01

The Complex and Multifaceted Work of Leandro Valencia Locsin

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2019 la ricarda an architectural and cultural project 01

La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas issue vigilantism collisions 02

Architectures of Vigilantism

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 01

Harry Seidler: Modernist

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2020 luftwerk on mies van der rohe 01

Luftwerk on Mies van der Rohe: Reinterpreting Space Through Light and Color

MAS Context Spring Talks 2020
Mas event 2017 killian doherty 01

Killian Doherty: Yekepa

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2019 tracing traces 14

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2019

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2021 block party 01

Block Party

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2018 nathan friedman 01

Nathan Friedman: En-Medio

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2022 germane barnes intersect 06

Germane Barnes: Intersect

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas events 2021 territories of territory extraction 01

Territories of Territory Extraction

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 pioneering black architects in los angeles and chicago 03

Pioneering Black Architects in Los Angeles and Chicago: A Reflection by Janna Ireland and Lee Bey

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas issue ownership invention and tradition 23

Denise Scott Brown: In Other Eyes

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
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The Area

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

1972/Accumulations

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2016 dingbat 01

Dingbat 2.0: The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
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Uppland

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020

Observations

Mas observations 2020 bauhaus chicago 01

Bauhaus Chicago: Design in the City

Text by Alison Fisher
Mas observations 2022 helen plum library 01

The Significant Life and Uncertain Future of the Helen Plum Library

Essay by Iker Gil and Julie Michiels
Mas observations 2020 off the grid 01

Off the Grid: Belgian Graphic Design from the 1960s and 1970s as Seen by Sara De Bondt

Text by Sara De Bondt
Mas observations 2020 the great lakes architectural expedition 02

The Great Lakes Architectural Expedition

Exhibition curated and designed by Galen Pardee
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Concéntrico 2020

A look at the sixth edition of Concéntrico, Logroño’s International Festival of Architecture and Design
Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 01

Way Beyond Bigness: The Need for a Watershed Architecture

Essay by Derek Hoeferlin
Mas observations 2021 this is not the huarte house 01

This is not the Huarte House

Essay by Patxi Eguiluz and Carlos Copertone
Mas observations 2022 g e kidder smith builds 01

G. E. Kidder Smith Builds

Iker Gil interviews Neil Donnelly, Angelo Maggi, Andrea Nalesso, Michelangelo Sabatino, and Siiri Tännler
Mas observations 2021 nancy abshire lifetime award 01

2021 Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award: Nancy A. Abshire

Presentation by architect Nancy Abshire
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The MIES Project

Michelangelo Sabatino interviews Arina Dähnick
Mas observations 2019 chinese communal graphic standards 13

Chinese Communal Graphic Standards

Text and project by Raven Xu
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Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2022 sainsbury wing 01

Sainsbury Wing: Objection from Denise Scott Brown

Text by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2019 southern exposure 07

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

Iker Gil interviews Lee Bey
Mas observations 2021 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2022 john moutoussamy at 100 01

John Moutoussamy at 100

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2023 threatened altered and demolished abrams house 01

Threatened, Altered, and Demolished: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates’ Built Work at Risk

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2020 on the precious work of brinda somaya 01

On the Precious Work of Brinda Somaya

Text and projects by Brinda Somaya
Mas observations 2023 som computer group 06

SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of Women in Early Architectural Computing

Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
Mas observations 2023 baxter international and corporate campus architecture baxter 01

Baxter International and Corporate Campus Architecture: Chicagoland’s Technological Architecture Under Threat

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 the super roof at 50 michael zimmermann 01

The Super Roof Turns 50

Iker Gil and William Baker interview Rudolph Bergermann and Knut Göppert
Mas observations 2021 an industrial legacy worth saving 01

An Industrial Legacy Worth Saving

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2019 a career in five projects 01

A Career in Five Projects: Carlos Ferrater

Iker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater
Mas observations 2019 la ricarda a work in progress 01

La Ricarda: A Work in Progress

Essay by Fernando Alvarez and Jordi Roig
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2019 jose miguel de prada poole 01

José Miguel de Prada Poole and the Perishable Architecture of Soap Bubbles

Essay by Antonio Cobo
Mas observations 2023 chicago school closures 10 years later anthony overton incubator 01

Chicago School Closures: Ten Years Later

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2019 stanley tigerman 1930 2019 01

Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)

Architects remember Stanley Tigerman
Mas observations 2019 groundscraper city 01

Groundscraper City: Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul 1978–1983

Essay by Andy Sturdevant
Mas observations 2020 access for all 01

Access for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures

Text by Daniel Talesnik
Mas observations 2022 madrid diversa rainer torrado 02

Madrid Diversa: Five Perspectives on the City Through Maps, Photographs, and Sounds

Text by Ariadna Cantis and Javier Peña Ibañez
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

1 + 1 > 2: Letter to Biljana, Notes to Frida

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2022 at home with the collective 01

At Home with the Collective

Excerpts from a conversation between MAS Context and Alexander Eisenschmidt on a research project that he calls “At Home with the Collective” accompanied by a selection of work from a seminar and studio at UIC.
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Spontaneous Uses

Text and drawings by SIAA with photography by Lauro Rocha
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Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
Mas observations 2019 a receding coast 01

A Receding Coast

Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2019 almost perfect 01

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
Mas observations 2022 will we chicago 01

Will We, Chicago?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius